Easy French Bread Pizza

Okay this is the easiest dinner EVER! Apart from slicing the red onions, you basically do no prep work. Everything is already done for you! The bread is made, the sauce is jarred (gasp! I know), the cheese is shredded, the pepperonis are sliced, and the black olives are canned.

Toast bread, rub with garlic clove, assemble, bake, eeaattttttt.

And it is just so good. So so so good. My homemade pizza days may be over forever! Unless I am just in the mood to make pizza dough and sauce from scratch, I am totally pulling out this gem whenever my pizza craving comes knocking.

French bread pizza yaasssssssssss….

I hope your weekend was absolutely perfect!! Ours was awesome. My dad actually came to visit for a few days, so we cooked, relaxed, went out to eat, toured around base and surrounding areas, and just hung out a lot.

We also had a raging tournament of “Hearts” (the card game). Ever played it? You should play it.

So this weekend I had an extra taste tester added to the Garlic Diaries team. This recipe was heavily approved by all! Including Boone of course…duh.

And I’m not even sad today is Monday. My weekend was fun and it didn’t absolutely fly by in what felt like 3 seconds like so many weekends do. Part of the reason my Monday blues aren’t present today is because this week AND next week aren’t full weeks of school!

Woop woop!

This Wednesday we have a secondary retreat, so I won’t be home, but I also won’t be at school. And then a week from today is Labor Day, which we also have off. Three day weekend whhhaaattttt…oh yeah.

It’s not that I don’t love my job, but everyone enjoys days off!

We are going to head to Kansas City again and frolic around there for a few days.

You can totally and 100 percent make your own sauce for this if you want to. I almost always aaaalways make my own marinara sauce for pizza and pasta, but I wanted this to be a quick, easy recipe. And I couldn’t really call it “easy” if it involved a homemade sauce.

But I will tell you – it was so good with jarred sauce! I think in the future I’ll keep using jarred sauce with this recipe just to keep everything simple and carefree.

As for the toppings, you can add whatever your beautiful heart desires. These happen to be some of my favorite toppings, but anything (really…anything!) would be wonderful on this pizza.

Slice the french bread in half and pull out a little bit of the insides so there is less bread - not too much! Just a shallow amount

Spread the softened butter all across of the top of each french bread half

Bake for 15 minutes

Slice the tip off of a clove of garlic so it creates a flat surface and rub the clove all over both french bread halves

Cut the bread into the squares (size is up to you, but we sliced each half into about 5 slices)

Place the slices against each other like they were before you sliced them. (Pre-slicing just makes things easier for you later. It is easier to slice the bread when it doesn't have any melty cheese and toppings)

Spoon some sauce all over the tops of both French bread halves (eyeball how much you want)

Sprinkle on the mozzarella cheese (eyeball how much you want)

Place pepperonis all over the top of both halves

Sprinkle red red onions and black olives on top of the pepperonis and cheese

Sprinkle on a bit of salt and pepper

Bake for 15 minutes

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Nutrition information is for 2 squares of pizza – and the squares are pretty sizable!

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Oh, I don’t make french bread pizza nearly enough!! I kind of always forget about it, but you’re right… SO EASY. Need to do this soon!Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel recently posted…Peaches ‘n Cream Baked Oatmeal

OOO this looks so delicious! Reminds me of when I used to make pizza bagels… so carby and yummy. Love that almost no prep is required as well :)Beverley @ sweaty&fit recently posted…Homemade Blueberry Chia Seed Jam

I love french bread pizza! My mom used to make this all the time when we were little, it was my favorite! Actually, she let us top our own. So mine had SO much cheese. Like, a block worth. Can’t wait to make these again : )Natalie @ Tastes Lovely recently posted…Quinoa & Black Bean Enchilada Stuffed Zucchinis

This is the best looking French bread pizza I’ve seen. Back in the day at school they used to serve the kids something they called French bread pizza, by it was a lie. Haha. ?. I love how you rub the garlic on the bread halves. Can’t wait to try this!

I used to make these all the time when I was a student. They made a nice change from just putting pizza toppings on a slice of bread. I haven’t made them in ages though, so thanks for the reminder :)Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy recently posted…Comment on Mediterranean Sandwich by Holly

WOW!! This looks awesome!! What a delicious recipe! I love that it’s easy too! …I’m all about those easy meals that taste and feel like they took a long time!! Lol! Perf for a busy night! :)Cailee recently posted…King Coconut Water!

I love this post! I have totally been thinking about french bread pizzas lately. Don’t ask me why. Yours looks so awesome! I also have a bizillion tomatoes that have exploded in my garden that need to be used, so I have also been contemplating some sauce. Enjoy KC!Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks recently posted…Mini Cherry Goat Cheesecakes

Omg- pizza that is stupid easy + delicious + on french bread = all sorts of YASSS!! Love! (Insert hearts replacing eyeballs here) So awesome your Dad came to visit you all and you had a kick butt time! My mom is coming to visit us this weekend and I’m thinking a game of hearts is totally what we need to do when the deer pooping in our yard isn’t enough entertainment! ;) AND I need to make this pizza (obviously) because I have no room for time consuming kitchen shenanigans when there is family fun to be had! Pinned! Cheers, lovely lady! <3Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary recently posted…Heirloom Tomato Relish, Burrata & Basil Pesto Crostini